The Florida House on Wednesday passed “Lucy’s Law” – a bill named after a 17-year-old South Florida student who died in a ...

A proposed bill in the Florida House of Representatives targets reckless boating in the state after an increase in accidents.

Lucy's Law, named for a 17-year-old girl killed in Biscayne Bay in 2022, seeks to increase penalties for reckless boat ...

Lucy's Law was proposed by Miami residents whose 17-year-old daughter died in 2022 after the driver of the boat she was in hit a channel marker.

Both proposals are named after Lucy Fernandez, a 17-year-old killed in 2022 when a 29-foot boat she and 13 others were on hit a channel marker near Boca Chita Key.

House Bill 289 is called "Lucy's Law" after 17-year-old Luciana Fernandez, who died in 2022 after the driver of the boat she was in struck a channel marker in Biscayne Bay off Miami-Dade County.